Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus

Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus (64 BC-8 AD) was a Roman general and author.

Biography
Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus was born in 64 BC, the son of consul Marcus Valerius Messalla Niger. He was educated at Athens together with Horace and Cicero, and he became attached to republican principles early in his life. In 43 BC, he joined Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus during the Liberators' Civil War, for which he was proscribed; at the Battle of Philippi in 42 BC, he went over to Mark Antony and then Octavian. In 31 BC, he succeeded Antony as consul, and he suppressed a revolt in Gallia Aquitania before celebrating a triumph in 27 BC. He died in 8 AD.